Search Strategies for
Finding the Best Evidence
Objectives
Overview
Searching: Art and Science
Search Strategy Planning
Search tools
Librarians and libraries
Working with a librarian
Knowledge Sources used in
Evidence Based Practice
Databases and indexes
20th Century Nursing
Information Access
Health Sciences Databases
National Library of Medicine
databases http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
MEDLINE:
MEDLINE database
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International Nursing Index
MEDLINE Access from NLM
HealthSTAR
CINAHL®
RNdex™
Nursing journal coverage
Thesaurus comparisons
(see
handout)
Beyond MeSH
Nursing: holistic response
In other words:
Medical vs. Nursing Concerns
MEDLINE strengths
MEDLINE Nursing Limitations
CINAHL strengths
CINAHL limitations
RNdex
Additional databases
Finding databases
Databases with full-text
Evidence based practice
resources
Citation and Psychosocial
databases
PsycINFO
News/Current Awareness
Research in progress
Books, audiovisuals, and
software
Consumer Health databases
Questions before moving on?
Finding the best evidence
Boolean =
Combining Concepts
MEDLINE and CINAHL Indexing
practices and unique record features
MEDLINE practices
MEDLINE searches
MEDLINE questions?
CINAHL practices
Unique CINAHL features
CINAHL Full Text
Sample CINAHL searches
Nursing Classification Terms
Where is the research?
CINAHL questions?
Search Strategy review
Read more about it:
Enhancing research
dissemination: Help others find your work!
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Keys to dissemination
More reading:
Final questions?